ROFLMAO! WHITE HOUSE CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT GATE RE IMPEACH BUSH ORNAMENT!!!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

It almost snuck in! I love it! :rofl:

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/reliable-source/2008/12/rs-ornament2.html?loc=interstitialskip

Christmas Colors for the White House: Red, White and Impeach

When Deborah Lawrence got the invitation from the White House, the Seattle-based artist decided to make a lefty political statement.

But she never expected it would hang on the official Christmas tree.

Laura Bush asked members of Congress to pick local painters to decorate ornaments for this year's 20-foot Fraser fir in the Blue Room. The globes (to be unveiled by the first lady tomorrow) are supposed to showcase something special about each congressional district. Washington state's Rep. Jim McDermott contacted a local arts organization, which asked Lawrence, a collage artist, to create the local entry.

"I was at first nauseated, then realized it was an opportunity," said Lawrence, 55, who frequently combines politics and satire in her work and saw this as the perfect way "to highlight Jim McDermott because he's a hero of mine."

The nine-inch ball is covered with swirly red and white stripes -- and, in tiny glued-on text, salutes the Democratic congressman's support for a resolution to impeach President Bush. (Also showcased: Washington state's 1919 labor strike, its suffrage movement and the violent anti-World Trade Organization riots of 1999.) Lawrence sent it off to D.C. in September and was very surprised it was accepted for the tree -- and that she was invited to this afternoon's White House reception for the artists, which she flew to D.C. to attend.

"Apparently, they didn't read it -- or Laura Bush is more progressive than I believed," Lawrence told us.

Sally McDonough, the first lady's press secretary, said yesterday that hundreds of ornaments were submitted for display and there were no plans to pull Lawrence's artwork or her invitation. But, she said, "it really is too bad. I haven't seen the ornament, but I would hope that no one would take this as an opportunity to be divisive and partisan. There is a time and place for everything, and I don't think this is either."

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/reliable-source/2008/12/ornament_update.html

3:20 p.m. See update here: White House Won't Hang Christmas Impeachment Ornament.

White House Won't Hang Christmas Impeachment Ornament

Deborah Lawrence and her ornament (Photo courtesy of Deborah Lawrence)

That controversial ornament calling for President Bush's impeachment? Won't hang in the White House after all.

"Oh, dear," said Seattle-based artist Deborah Lawrence, who created the red and white ornament that salutes Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) and his support for a resolution to impeach the president. "This doesn't really surprise me. But it's disappointing that I won't get to see it on the tree."

Laura Bush asked all members of Congress to pick artists from their districts to decorate ornaments, presumably highlighting local landmarks and heroes. Lawrence, 55, used the opportunity to honor McDermott, a strong critic of Bush. The collage artist glued tiny text on the nine-inch ball thinking no one would actually read her embedded "subversive" message.

But Lawrence shared her secret protest with friends, and the news quickly spread. "An artist doesn't always get this kind of attention," she told us. "It took on a life of its own, obviously. In a way, I'm speechless."

Sally McDonough, a spokeswoman for the first lady, confirmed the ornament would not be displayed. "It's inappropriate and it's not being hung," she said. She said that when asked about the issue yesterday, the White House tree decorations were not complete. "We reviewed the ornament along with all the ornaments, and Mrs. Bush deemed it inappropriate for the holiday tree."

Lawrence is still slated to attended a White House reception for the artists this afternoon.

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. Damn...she shoulda kept her mouth shut until after the tree was decorated.

Or till New Years.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

4. Yep. The text wasn't even read! But what else is new about this "White House" and reading???

:rofl:

[npk]

2. Classic

In the article it says "Ornament wont hang." Did they take it off the tree after the fact, or did thay catch it before it even got on the tree. Either way still very funny.

[SE_Ohio_Dem]

3. Can't wait to see what kind of reception she gets at the reception. Too funny.

[Cleita]

5. Well, I think it really should go to Nancy Pelosi for her Christmas tree

instead. Hint. Hint.

[ashling]

6. Perfect!

Everyone should send Nancy P. a letter - especially everyone from WA - since WA was dissed,as was the House of Representatives - officially requesting (or stronger) that the ornament be placed on the Capitol tree.

:rofl:

[dixiegrrrrl]

7. Kucinich ! We should all chip in and get one for his tree !!!!

Anybody in Seattle got this woman's contact info?????

[malaise]

8. She should make more of them and let us hang them everywhere

:rofl:

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

9. Laura lied this morning on The Today Show! She said there was an ornament on the tree

representing every Congressional District!

I would have loved if the artist mass produced the ornaments and had them ready for sale now! I don't have a tree but I have friends that I would have bought it for!

:hi: